BLODEUWEDD

Not to that demon's son, whom Arthur erst,

For necromancy, at Caerleon, first

Graced greatly, Merlin,—not to him alone

Did those lost learnings of white magic, known

As sorcery and witchcraft, then belong.

Taliesin, now, hath told us in a song

Of one at Arvon, Math of Gwynedd; lord

Of some vague cantrevs of the North; whose sword